Shimmer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash.
  • verb-intransitive. To appear as a wavering or flickering image, as in a reflection on water or through heat waves in air.
  • n. A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
  • n. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
  • n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shine with a veiled, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
  • n. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
  • n. A workman in cabinet-work or other fine woodwork who fills up cracks or makes parts fit by the insertion of shims or thin pieces.
  • In mech., to correct an inequality by inserting a thin slip or shim.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shine with a weak or fitful light
  • v. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
  • n. a weak and tremulous light
  • Verb Form
    shimmered    shimmering    shimmers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beam    shine    glint    glisten    gleam    glitter    alteration    modification    change   
    Form
    shimmered    shimmering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gleam    glisten    glimmer    gleaming    flash   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Timur    brimmer    dimmer    excimer    glimmer    grimmer    kimmer    limmer    nimmer    primmer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glimmer    sheen    blur    radiance    glitter    haze    swirl    ripple    halo    glow